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Wellbeing and careers resources
https://le.ac.uk/black-history-month/resources
Black student swimming course Being able to swim is a potentially life-saving skill that everyone should have access to be able to learn. However, in the UK, 95% of Black adults don't swim for a variety a reasons, most notably due to ability and confidence.
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College of Life Sciences Imaging Steering group
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/imaging-steering
The University of Leicester Imaging Steering group oversees the use and maintenance of current imaging equipment within the College of Life Sciences as well as investigating the potential to acquire new equipment that will enhance world-leading research.
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Study suggests human impact has created a plastic planet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-suggests-human-impact-has-created-a-2018plastic-planet2019
Planet Earth’s oceans and lands will be buried by increasing layers of plastic waste by the mid-century due to human activity, according to research led by researchers from the Department of Geology.
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Crisis Commons
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/04/04/crisis-commons/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 4, 2011 http://crisiscommons.org/about/ Crisis Commons is a network of individuals and community groups who explore how new technology can help with communication during humanitarian crises.
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Opengendertracking project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/22/opengendertracking-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2013 A project which aims to build software to track gender content in online news stories. The website provides an explanation of the project. This launch page http://opengendertracking.
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How the BBC is using WhatsApp
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/07/how-the-bbc-is-using-whatsapp/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 7, 2015 A really interesting case study and webinar made available by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers which discusses use of social media by the BBC World Service to...
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How one woman’s app is changing political communication
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/11/how-one-womans-app-is-changing-political-communication/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 11, 2016 Pia Mancini from Argentina is developing IT tools that can empower communities to get involved in politics worldwide in this recent Guardian newspaper article.
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Disability
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/11/disability/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 11, 2015 Who are the most powerful disabled people in the UK? Find out by consulting the new top 100 power list just compiled by the Shaw Trust.
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Reuters Digital News Report 2020
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/03/reuters-digital-news-report-2020/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 3, 2020 What impact has COVID 19 had on news consumption? How popular are podcasts? And many more fascinating facts on the amount and type of news consumption worldwide.
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Open Observatory of Network Interference: Tor Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/17/open-observatory-of-network-interference-tor-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2018 A free software, Global Observation Network, for detecting censorship, surveillance and traffic manipulation on the internet.